Oral history interview with Dolores Brown, conducted by Gloria Aquino (transcript)

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Title Oral history interview with Dolores Brown, conducted by Gloria Aquino (transcript)
Creator Brown, Dolores
Contributor Aquino, Gloria; Genealogical Society Of Hispanic America, Utah Chapter
Date 2022-04-05
Spatial Coverage Olathe, Kansas
Subject Mexican Americans; Spanish Language--Social aspects--United States; Racism in education; Catholic Church; Brown, Dolores--Interviews
Keywords Midwife; Mining; Airplane Construction; Elementary School Teacher; Ma Bell; Gender Roles/Expectations; Dual Citizenship; Immigration Policy; New Mexican identity; Farm Food; Language Erasure, Retention, Re-acquisition; Interethnic Dating and Marriage; Ethnic and Religious; Discrimination; White Latinx invisibility
Description Dolores Brown discusses her family history in Mexico and New Mexico, and growing up in Utah. She recounts dealing with discrimination when speaking Spanish in elementary school and her parents' resolve that she speak only English at a young age. She discusses the educational achievements of her family and her experiences as a teacher.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 18 pages
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6ssy2k5
Collection Name Construyendo Latinidad
State New Mexico; Kansas; Utah, California; Michoacan
City Wichita; Vallecitos; Olathe; Lark; Midvale; Los Angeles
Setname uum_cliw
ID 2212733
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ssy2k5
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